(复同单, 或smelts)
1- a small silvery fish which lives in both marine and fresh water and is sometimes fished commercially, in particular银白鱼; 胡瓜鱼, 尤指：
1.1
- a fish of the northern hemisphere (family Osmeridae: Osmerus and other genera).生于北半球的胡瓜鱼（胡瓜鱼科： 胡瓜鱼属及其他属）。
1.2
- a fish of Australasian waters (family Retropinnidae: several genera).澳大拉西亚水域的青瓜鱼（青瓜鱼科： 数属）。
词源
Old English; obscurely related to various European names of fish; compare with SMOLT.